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I'm definitely taking pictures if I can get the costume finished! The convention is in November, so I have some time. Right now i'm trying to decide which Snake I should go as.
Yeah they're sadly few and far between. But the ones that do show are pretty good.
Yeah maybe in September 30 or well the Ballot day as teaser DLC or last pre DLC, we'll get more characters
What nobody knows is that hidden inside the Shovel Knight amiibo... was a Snake amiibo!Snake Confirmed
I can't cause a change of heart for you, son, but a few things:
I don't know you, but I rather have characters I KNOW that I like rather than "new" characters that I dislike (and calling Dixie unique is kind of a stretch). Besides, KKR is my 3rd most wanted, so please go in other place to hate on other people.
I think that a lot of newcomers candidates are non attractive and occupy a secondary or filler role in their series. Being non atractive for me or others as consumer.
No, your reasons are stupid, I'm not going to care what you think rather than the purity of the characters. Yell? I don't know how I'm going to "yell" at you like you're some kind of child but that's all your preference.
Thanks man.
Please refrain from double posting, as it violates TOS in most cases; instead, use the edit function.Yeah they're sadly few and far between. But the ones that do show are pretty good.
Snake Confirmed
Me! Though I'll probably play it on console since all the hacking going on the PC version.Anyone hyped for Metal Gear Online?
That sounds about right. I have similar reactions when I finished TTS, as well as when I started MGS4. The game started really serious and dark, but the Gekkos showed up. Now my sister and I greet other by waving our legs and moo loudly.So I finally finished MGS3D, after an absurd amount of time leaving it on pause. My reactions as a first timer to the series:
- I get why people say the series is a great example of using video games as a creative medium. Even though a lot of people peg MGS as an "interactive movie" because of the cutscenes, the actual controllable parts give you a surprising amount of freedom to interact with your surroundings. I can forgive the fiendishly long cutscenes because it almost feels like they're an extension of what you can do in-game, unlike some games where the stuff that happens in cutscenes is clearly beyond anything you can do in-game. There's a lot you can find out by playing the game, you're not just eating popcorn and watching Snake get lectured by the world's worst interrogator. It rewards exploration and creativity.
- I liked the female characters in the game, which is... kind of a rarity. Female characters in fiction have an annoying tendency to be simplistic in contrast to more developed or morally ambiguous male characters. But EVA and the Boss were engaging characters who weren't easy to figure out, and they were also capable of taking care of themselves. Even Para-Medic, who you can choose to ignore for the whole game if you're an awful human being, is a neat character.
- I did not like the T&A. I can only barely excuse EVA because she was actually trying to seduce Snake, although there's no reason for her to ride on her motorcycle with her zipper pulled down to her crotch. And the final battle with the Boss also having crotch-zipper problems. You want to show the scars, okay... but does she need to wander around bra-less with an open suit? Some people might argue this isn't meant to be fanservice, but I was still annoyed that a character who wasn't sexualized until then needed to expose cleavage and midriff. Snake had his shirt taken off, true, but he was beaten to a pulp and you saw it. Not very sexy, unless you're Volgin.
- Plot twists? The EVA=Tatyana thing was not difficult to figure out. And I always had a feeling the Boss was trying to help Snake out in some way, when she didn't kill him at the very beginning. I also knew that the US government was betraying/using Snake somehow, I just wasn't sure how. The Ocelot=ADAM thing threw me for a complete loop, I should have seen it coming with that stupid American cat reference, omigod. Also retrospectively realizing the Sorrow was helping you because that was how he could help the Boss, that makes so much more sense now. I liked the plot. I started losing it for a bit when the Philosopher's Legacy came into the picture, but I got it when the Boss kindly
info-dumpedexplained it to me.- I wanted to stamina-kill the Boss because I wanted her camo and also because I suck at CQC and using a gun/sniper rifle wasn't working out the way I wanted it to. After 4~ tries, I succeeded in stamina-killing her. However, she fell behind a tree, and so did her camo. You know the camera in this stage is wonky. I ran around that tree, tried to move the camera, but I couldn't see the camo, and so the stage ended without me getting the camo. I raged so hard that I re-started the battle and played it around two more times to get my camo. I did not crawl through flowers with kabuki makeup and
- I didn't shoot the Boss at the end. I thought it was all cutscene, so I just sat down with my juice and watched Snake take an absurdly long time to kill her. I liked the tension, but then I look up spoilery stuff about the game and I hear people saying "having to pull the trigger was so hard!" and "the game makes you shoot her" made me go 'wut'. I guess this means my hands are clean.
- Does the 3DS version support the secret FPS views? I knew there was a secret FPS thing at the end, at the Boss's grave, but I couldn't get it to work at all. I was mad. Why.
- In-between the feels, there was a lot of humor to keep the game from getting too heavy and melancholy. I love games with a sense of humor.
The camera was really tricky to control on the 3DS, and the lack of finesse made aiming unnecessarily difficult in some parts. Also, the camera became absolutely useless in narrow spaces, which was extremely frustrating. Other than that, the controls were fine. I played on Widdle Hand-Holding Baby mode, so if I was bad at CQCing guards, the problem was me, not the game.
Overall, I really enjoyed it. If Snake had never gotten into Brawl, I probably never would have given this series a chance. But he did, and I'm glad I got to play this game, which was one of the most enjoyable ones I've played in a while (next to Xenoblade). Even if I wasn't very good at it ('hmm, that guard seems alone, let me tranquilize him!' *turns out he was surrounded by other guards that I didn't see, game goes into caution* 'uh cardboard box?'). But I recognize I suck. I mean, I took so long to beat The End that he almost died of stamina loss. I got one shot on him (and that prevented me from getting his rifle which makes me mad but ~whatever~). I had to cigarette-gas Volgin. Even with my suckiness, I loved it.
I wish more people who thought of Snake and his series as "super dark and gritty hyper-realistic military stuff" would actually try it out, because it really surpassed my expectations. It wasn't a run-and-gun murder everybody type of game (although some people choose to play it like that...). You make choices as to whether to kill people or not, and it actually feels bad (to me at least) to kill guards. There's a reason for that, and that's because it doesn't want to promote the senseless bloodshed the game spent the whole time trying to tell you was wrong. It's consistent with its own philosophy. But I fear a lot of Nintendo-only fans won't ever see that and will just lump it in with any remotely edgy-looking "realistic" game. It's a shame, but it can be countered by showing them what the series is really like.
And that's why we need Snake in Smash4.
Glad you enjoyed it!So I finally finished MGS3D, after an absurd amount of time leaving it on pause. My reactions as a first timer to the series:
- I get why people say the series is a great example of using video games as a creative medium. Even though a lot of people peg MGS as an "interactive movie" because of the cutscenes, the actual controllable parts give you a surprising amount of freedom to interact with your surroundings. I can forgive the fiendishly long cutscenes because it almost feels like they're an extension of what you can do in-game, unlike some games where the stuff that happens in cutscenes is clearly beyond anything you can do in-game. There's a lot you can find out by playing the game, you're not just eating popcorn and watching Snake get lectured by the world's worst interrogator. It rewards exploration and creativity.
- I liked the female characters in the game, which is... kind of a rarity. Female characters in fiction have an annoying tendency to be simplistic in contrast to more developed or morally ambiguous male characters. But EVA and the Boss were engaging characters who weren't easy to figure out, and they were also capable of taking care of themselves. Even Para-Medic, who you can choose to ignore for the whole game if you're an awful human being, is a neat character.
- I did not like the T&A. I can only barely excuse EVA because she was actually trying to seduce Snake, although there's no reason for her to ride on her motorcycle with her zipper pulled down to her crotch. And the final battle with the Boss also having crotch-zipper problems. You want to show the scars, okay... but does she need to wander around bra-less with an open suit? Some people might argue this isn't meant to be fanservice, but I was still annoyed that a character who wasn't sexualized until then needed to expose cleavage and midriff. Snake had his shirt taken off, true, but he was beaten to a pulp and you saw it. Not very sexy, unless you're Volgin.
- Plot twists? The EVA=Tatyana thing was not difficult to figure out. And I always had a feeling the Boss was trying to help Snake out in some way, when she didn't kill him at the very beginning. I also knew that the US government was betraying/using Snake somehow, I just wasn't sure how. The Ocelot=ADAM thing threw me for a complete loop, I should have seen it coming with that stupid American cat reference, omigod. Also retrospectively realizing the Sorrow was helping you because that was how he could help the Boss, that makes so much more sense now. I liked the plot. I started losing it for a bit when the Philosopher's Legacy came into the picture, but I got it when the Boss kindly
info-dumpedexplained it to me.- I wanted to stamina-kill the Boss because I wanted her camo and also because I suck at CQC and using a gun/sniper rifle wasn't working out the way I wanted it to. After 4~ tries, I succeeded in stamina-killing her. However, she fell behind a tree, and so did her camo. You know the camera in this stage is wonky. I ran around that tree, tried to move the camera, but I couldn't see the camo, and so the stage ended without me getting the camo. I raged so hard that I re-started the battle and played it around two more times to get my camo. I did not crawl through flowers with kabuki makeup and
- I didn't shoot the Boss at the end. I thought it was all cutscene, so I just sat down with my juice and watched Snake take an absurdly long time to kill her. I liked the tension, but then I look up spoilery stuff about the game and I hear people saying "having to pull the trigger was so hard!" and "the game makes you shoot her" made me go 'wut'. I guess this means my hands are clean.
- Does the 3DS version support the secret FPS views? I knew there was a secret FPS thing at the end, at the Boss's grave, but I couldn't get it to work at all. I was mad. Why.
- In-between the feels, there was a lot of humor to keep the game from getting too heavy and melancholy. I love games with a sense of humor.
The camera was really tricky to control on the 3DS, and the lack of finesse made aiming unnecessarily difficult in some parts. Also, the camera became absolutely useless in narrow spaces, which was extremely frustrating. Other than that, the controls were fine. I played on Widdle Hand-Holding Baby mode, so if I was bad at CQCing guards, the problem was me, not the game.
Overall, I really enjoyed it. If Snake had never gotten into Brawl, I probably never would have given this series a chance. But he did, and I'm glad I got to play this game, which was one of the most enjoyable ones I've played in a while (next to Xenoblade). Even if I wasn't very good at it ('hmm, that guard seems alone, let me tranquilize him!' *turns out he was surrounded by other guards that I didn't see, game goes into caution* 'uh cardboard box?'). But I recognize I suck. I mean, I took so long to beat The End that he almost died of stamina loss. I got one shot on him (and that prevented me from getting his rifle which makes me mad but ~whatever~). I had to cigarette-gas Volgin. Even with my suckiness, I loved it.
I wish more people who thought of Snake and his series as "super dark and gritty hyper-realistic military stuff" would actually try it out, because it really surpassed my expectations. It wasn't a run-and-gun murder everybody type of game (although some people choose to play it like that...). You make choices as to whether to kill people or not, and it actually feels bad (to me at least) to kill guards. There's a reason for that, and that's because it doesn't want to promote the senseless bloodshed the game spent the whole time trying to tell you was wrong. It's consistent with its own philosophy. But I fear a lot of Nintendo-only fans won't ever see that and will just lump it in with any remotely edgy-looking "realistic" game. It's a shame, but it can be countered by showing them what the series is really like.
And that's why we need Snake in Smash4.
I actually recently bought TTS.
Unfortunately, I don't have a Gamecube with me right now, so it'll be a while until I can actually play it.. I'm less salty now (although I could still probably season a nice steak).
FeenieTheTrite
Alas, I do not have a PSP! A friend of mine once had one, but I have no clue if she still has it or would be willing to lend it to me. I've entertained the idea of buying a 60GB PS3 (for the HD collection + other PS games I've missed out on). My only choice would be less-than-legal means, unless I suddenly come into a great deal of money (hey Volgin, help me out here?).
Steak? STEEEAAAAAAAKKKKK!!!!!!!!
I'm still in a dream, Steak Eater!
Perhaps you could buy a copy and rip it on your PC to emulate it. I think that is legal since you own the copy, and psp emulation doesn't really require too much power.I actually recently bought TTS.
So the ballot. Snake is consistently in the top 5-6 in fan polls, yet I feel like he's ignored a lot. Probably because of the scary Konami drama. It's funny, because support for a character has a way of becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. If the consensus is they won't happen, support falls dramatically (e.g.: Ridley is practically verboten to talk about).
Meanwhile, the bigger you are, the more support snowballs. People want to support the winning team. Wolf and K. Rool are seen as the likeliest ballot options now, with maybe Isaac, Inkling, and Bandana Dee (I seriously know nothing about this guy) in that area. People gravitate to them because of their enormous presence and apparent likelihood; better than staking your hopes on something that's not (seemingly) guaranteed. Snake ought to at least be "in the (metaphorical) conversation," but he's written off because of the "Konami drama" and the ridiculous, pulled out of nowhere "must be Nintendo's bro 4 lyf" rule. We don't write off K. Rool because of the costume, yet we dismiss Snake because of some company drama that, lbr, none of us really understand. Don't count him out of the race. Take it into account, but don't ignore him.
Sorry, I'm a little salty now. It's just a game, and I need to remind myself not to get too into it
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As someone with a Link avatar, I assure you, not all of us are brain-dead.
It'd be a long shot, but it might be an effective strategy to capitalize on the popularity of MGS5 right now and sell Snake's DLC while everyone is hyped over the game. I doubt it will happen sadly, and the Mario Maker stage will be all we will get, but it's not that out-there of an idea.
Steak, do you copy? Steak? SSTTEEEAAAAKKKKK!!!!
Tasty!
At this point, I have given up on the prospect that he is a possibility. That is not to say that he is not possible, because he is. But I do not see it happening any longer, the perfect time for his reveal was around Phantom Pain. I have always had these assumptions about his inclusion (Sakurai felt obligated to his friend and agreed to include him in one game and whatnot) and his absence almost certainly confirms my beliefs. Perhaps not for the same reason, but without any statements from Sakurai, all we are left with are assumptions.
It's hard to say either way. While I did vote for Wolf on the ballot, I also would love to see Snake make it back as well. But with the way things are going with Konami and ****, I do have my doubts about his unlikely return but not by a long shot.
I only see us getting one more veteran and in terms of that Wolf is far more likely due to Star Fox Zero and being first party meaning they wouldn't have to do deals and stuff with Konami to get him in the game.
